A. Adoption of Preamble: The President and Board of Trustees hereby find that the facts stated in the preamble to Ordinance 0-91-388 are true and correct and hereby adopt the same as part of this Section.
B. Definitions: As used in this Section, the following terms shall have the following meanings:
APIARY: A place where a collection of one or more hives or colonies of bees or the nuclei of bees are kept.
BEES: Any stage of the common honeybee, Apis mellifera (L).
COLONY: The entire honeybee family or social unit living together in a hive or other shelter.
HIVE: A frame hive, box hive, box, barrel, log gum, skep, or any other receptacle or container, natural or artificial, or any part thereof, which may be used or employed as a domicile for bees.
PERSON: Any individual, firm, partnership, association, corporation or organized group of persons, whether incorporated or not.
C. Keeping Bees Restricted: It shall be unlawful for any person to raise, maintain or keep bees or to raise, maintain or keep a beehive or apiary on any residential lot located in the Village, except within an enclosed building or structure.
D. Penalty: Any person who violates any provision of this Section shall be subject to a fine of not less than fifty dollars ($50.00) nor more than five hundred dollars ($500.00) for any offense, and a separate offense shall be deemed committed on each day a violation occurs or continues to exist. (Ord. 0-91-388, 8-8-91)